School Heads’ Leadership Traits and Learners’ Academic Attainment in Uganda’s High Schools

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dc.contributor.authorNaluwemba, Frances,
dc.contributor.authorSekiwu, Denis
dc.contributor.authorTamale Kaggwa, Victoria
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-20T18:15:45Z
dc.date.available2023-05-20T18:15:45Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the correlation between School heads’ leadership traits and learners’ attainment in Uganda, with a sample of 12 secondary schools in Kampala Metropolitan City. The study findings were as such: High-performing schools register high student grades (μ=68. 47) compared to Moderately-performing schools (μ=58.2) and Low-performing schools (μ=37.41). Secondly, the situational leader is the most appropriate trait to account for improved academic attainment (F=18.41), followed by the democratic trait (F=17.06), the laissez faire management trait accounting for n F statistic of 10.39, and the autocratic school head (F=10.01). Third, the higher the situational leadership trait is used, the higher the learners’ academic attainment (β1=0.653; p≤0.05). Fourth, democratic trait school heads reasonably influence learners’ academic attainment (β2=-0.481; p≤0.05). Learners’ academic attainment is incompatible with autocratic trait school headships (β3=-0.651; p≤0.05), just as it is similar with laissez faire trait school heads (β4=-0.292; p≤0.05). Finally the study recommends that situational school headship is more appropriate for academic attainment because of being more adaptable to the current demands of the teaching service.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFrances, N., Denis, S., & Kaggwa, V. T. (2015). School Heads’ Leadership Traits and Learners’ Academic Attainment in Uganda’s High Schools. Chemistry, 27(24.0), 20-1. Donnish Journal of Educational Research and Reviewsen_US
dc.identifier.issn2041-1189
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/8746
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDonnish Journal of Educational Research and Reviewsen_US
dc.subjectLeadership stylesen_US
dc.subjectHead teachers‟ leadershipen_US
dc.subjectAcademic achievementen_US
dc.subjectUganda's educationen_US
dc.titleSchool Heads’ Leadership Traits and Learners’ Academic Attainment in Uganda’s High Schoolsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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